The magnificent seven
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Am F
1. Ring! Ring! It’s 7:00 a.m.! Move yourself to go again,
Am F
cold water in the face brings
you back to this awful place.
Am F
Knuckle merchants a. you
bankers,too,must get up a. learn those rules,
Am F
weather man and the crazy
chief, one says sun and one says sleet.
Am F
2. A.m., the f.m. the p.m. too, churning out that boogaloo,
Am F
gets you up and gets you out,
but how long can you keep it up?
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Gimme honda, gimme sony, so cheap and real phony,
Am F
Hong Kong dollars and Indian
cents, English pounds and eskimo pence.
Am F
You lot ! What ? Don’t stop ! Give it all you got !
Am F
You lot ! What ? Don’t stop ! Yeah ! (2x)
Am F
2. Working for a rise, better my station, take my baby to sophistication,
Am
F
she’s seen the ads, she thinks it’s nice, better work hard, I seen the
price.
Am F
Never mind that it’s time for the bus, we got to work and you’re one of
us,
Am F
clocks go slow in a place of
work, minutes drag and the hours jerk.
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Am F
3. Wave bub-bub-bub-bye to the boss, it’s our profit, it’s his loss,
Am F
but anyway the lunch bells
ring, take one hour and do your ...
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thanng ! Cheeesboiger !
Am
4. What do we have for entertainment ?
F
Cops kickin gypsies on the
pavement,
Am
now the news, snap to
attention,
F
the lunar landing of the
dentist convention.
Am F
Italian mobster shoots a
lobster, seafood restaurant gets out of hand,
Am F
a car in the fridge or a
fridge in the car? Like cowboys do - in t.v. land.
Am F
You lot ! What ? Don’t stop ! Give it all you got !
Am F
You lot ! What ? Don’t stop ! Yeah ! (2x)
Am
5. So get back to work and sweat some more,
F
the sun will sink and we’ll
get out the door.
Am F
it’s no good for man to work in
cages, hits the town, he drinks his wages.
Am F
You’re frettin’, youre
sweatin, but did you notice you ain’t getting’,
Am
you’re frettin’, youre
sweatin,
F
but did you notice you ain’t getting’
anywhere ?
Am
6. Don’t you ever stop long enough to start,
F
to take your car outta that
gear ?
Am F
Don’t you ever stop long enough to start, to get your car outta that
gear ?
Am F
Karlo Marx and Friedrich Engels
came to the checkout at the 7-11,
Am F
Marx was skint, but he had
sense, Engels lent him the necessary pence.
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What have we got? Yeh-o ! What have we got? Yeh-o !
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What have we got? Magnificence
! What have we got ?
Am
5. Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi,
F
went to the park to check on
the game,
Am F
but they was murdered by the
other team, who went on to win 50-nil.
Am F
You can be true, you can be
false, you be given the same reward,
Am
Socrates and Milhous Nixon,
F
both went the same way, through
the kitchen.
Am
6. Plato the Greek or Rin Tin Tin,
F
who’s more famous to the
billion millions?
Am F
Am
News flash: vacuum cleaner
sucks up budgie !
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Oooohh, ow. Bye-bye.
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(The Clash)